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Canals and cruising

Amsterdam is something of a gay cliché. Few cities have enjoyed a combined reputation for gay tolerance, openness and sexual possibility as long as the Dutch capital has, and yet few gay getaways are as taken for granted. Like some of its across-the-border European neighbours, Amsterdam has gone a bit quiet on the gaydar since the turn of the century. Among continental cities, Berlin has overtaken it (and pretty much everywhere else) as the hot spot of gay innovation, buzz and abandon, th...

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Pride Amsterdam

Don't miss the iconic Canal Pride Parade

Amsterdam Centrum

July 31 - August 4

Bars & Clubs

Club Church

Gay fetish: the next generation
Kerkstraat

Prik

Boys (and girls) just wanna have fun
Amsterdam-Centrum

The Cuckoo's Nest

Big, dark and dirty basement, and there's a bar too
Amsterdam-Centrum

The Web

Still pulls them in
Amsterdam-Centrum

Dirty Dicks

Filthy institution, in the nicest sense of the word
Warmoesstraat

Café The Queen's Head

Kitchy elegance in the Zeedijk
Zeedijk

Eagle Amsterdam

Still rough and ready after all these years
Warmoesstraat

SoHo

In the style of an English pub... sort of
Reguliersdwarsstraat
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Restaurants

Café de Jaren

Smart and busy café overlooking the Amstel
Amsterdam-Centrum

Supper

Free-spirited approach to drinking and clubbing
Grachtengordel-West

Restaurant d' Vijff Vlieghen

Olde-worlde restaurant with up-to-date cooking
Amsterdam-Centrum

De Kas

In the rural Mediterranean style, ever so naturally
Amsterdam Oost (East)

Bistrot Neuf

Meat and fish in the French style
Grachtengordel-West

Bouchon du Centre

French cooking in the old style
Grachtengordel-Zuid

Restaurant Greetje

Traditional Dutch with a modern sensibility
Amsterdam-Centrum

Saturnino

Popular Italian in the Reguliersdwarsstraat
Reguliersdwarsstraat
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Hotels

Anco Hotel

Where only men check in
Warmoesstraat

Amistad Hotel

Somewhat gay hotel
Kerkstraat

Quentin Golden Bear

Straight-owned hotel with a gay history
Kerkstraat

Sofitel Legend the Grand Amsterdam

History, luxury, location
Amsterdam-Centrum

Pulitzer Amsterdam

Smart and modern hotel with olde-world flourishes
Grachtengordel-West

De L'Europe

History, luxury, location and Hitchcock, at a price
Amsterdam-Centrum

Amsterdam Marriott Hotel

There's a Marriott in town
Amsterdam Oud-Zuid

ITC Hotel

Reinvented Amsterdam canal house
Grachtengordel-Zuid
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